Plot:
Matthew McConaughey, a young, attractive and highly skilled attorney is faced with the toughest case of his life, one that on many occasions may also threaten it. In the southern Mississippi town of Clanton, the KKK is active and the tension is high when the black majority is angered at the raping and slaying of a black man's 10 year old daughter. Against Jake's advice the distraught father takes revenge, gunning down the two criminals in the local courthouse. Racial hatred hightens with the suspense and conflict threatens to break out regardless of the verdict. Jake must decide, along with his new, eager assistant whether he and his family can run the risk of defending the man. - Paul Chard

Comment:
This is a typical nice movie spoiled by the good ending. In fact, the plot is interesting and not always foreseeable, the actors are good (and Sandra Bullock is as nice as ever...) and the scenes are well made.

However the happy and highly improbable ending really let me down. First of all I found absolutely negative the fact that Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) hasn't been condemned for the assassination of that two people, there are no good reason to kill anybody (and I don't believe in mental insanity!) and surely the Law shouldn't encourage this sort of 'self-made-justice' in any way (regardless of the racial problems associated with this case).

Secondly, the final scene could have been cut out, the two way of life, social positions (and not race!), culture and everything else were too different, trying to put them together seemed a forced and artificial way to give a positive end to the movie.